White-breasted woodswallow

White-breasted woodswallow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Artamidae
Genus: Artamus
Species:
A. leucorynchus
Binomial name
Artamus leucorynchus
(Linnaeus, 1771)

The white-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds from the Andaman Islands east through Indonesia and northern Australia.[1] The name "woodswallow" is a misnomer as they are not closely related to true swallows. Instead, they belong to the family Artamidae, which also includes butcherbirds, currawongs and the Australian magpie.

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2012). "Artamus leucorynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.